Improved shutter-fastener



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@wat cbiijiirr CHARLES '13.. cooDRIoH, Jn., or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.-

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I IMIPRO'NVEID SHUTTER-FASTENER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I' l, Ongnnns B. GooDRroH, Jr., of Boston, in the -Gommonwealthof Massachusetts', have invented a y new and useful Improvement in theMode o'f Fastf ening Window-Blinds, Shutters, and Doors in,` place,

of which the following isia true specification, havingA reference to the accompanying drawings.

The common `modeof fastening blinds is by a catch of iron, having uponv the outer end a shoulder, into which the spring or hook-upon the blind is caught. The other end tapers to a dull point or-wedge, which isidriven between the bricks, or into the wood.

The objections to this are that it works loose in use,

it is difficult to drive,.and isliable'to be drawn out by heavywinds acting upon the blind. l

My inventionobviates all these objections.

Ijtake arod of iron, about one-third of an inch in diameter., and make upon one-end a shoulder or other device, to engage witln the hook-spring or other fastening-fixture onthe blind. y

I prefer the common catchinclini'ng from the top e y of the shoulder to the base-lille, as represented at Eigure 2 in the drawings; butany form ofcath adapted blind, `can be used with my irn- 4to the fixturesou the prox-rement. e

On the other end 'of this rod I form a screw-thread. "'lhe length of the rod mustA be adjusted tol the deptheof the penetration required.

I pass the rod-through the brick, or the wood, or stone, oiwhich the house is constructed, and make it fasi; by` anut screwed thereon,v y.

To hold it` the more firmly, I make a shoulder on the "rod, where. it will strike against the outside of the "thin washer between the shoulder ing va nut in the countersink, should be so placed that the Afastening-fixtiue on the blind will engage with the outer end of the rod, when inserted in the l aperture.

The rod may then be inserted in the hole, and screwed .up till the said washer or the shoulder' is brought against the surfaceof the. building; or the said rod may be inserted in the brick, and screwed up to its place before. the brick is laid.

' In wooden buildings-the nut may be placed on the inside of the wood-Work as aforesaid, or a longer screw may be cut upon the rod, and the saine screwed directly into the Wood. i

A For stoneework, I make the aperture in the stone ,or I asblar of the outer wall, or insert the rod in the mortar seam when in process of building.

'The aperture ismade by drilling, or by inserting in the clay a model or form inwood of the rod and nut, when the brick is moulded, and allow the same to burn `out inburning the brick.

My catchI may be vbrought nearer or projected further from the wall by means of the said washer-screw and nutatwill.

In the accompanying drawings, the gures represent the improvement, as follows:4

Figure 1, a front elevation or side View of the brick,y with the` aperture;

Figure 2, the rod with the shoulder-catch, washerscrew, and nut, all complete.

Figure` 3, the brick in position, with the rod inserted, and the'catch projecting from the front.

Figure 4, the brick when in position inthe wall, with l the nut attached, rear view.

I claim, and Adesire to secure by Letters Patent- 'Ihe combination of a catch-rod, constructed with a screw-thread on the inner end, and a catch on the outer end, witha brick perforated to receive the same, and a nut to secure the same,all substantially as and for the purposes described, l f CHARLES B. GOODRICIL, JR.

WVitnesses:

E. F. Honens,` WILLIAM STANDIsH. 

